36 ITALIAN GRAMMAB
EXERCISE VI
bwlEllo school-janitor pigro lazy
classe /. class
studeate m. student c*£ there is
traduzione /. translation ci sono there are
verso line of poetry
no no
aperto open, opened ora now
chiuso closed perche? why?
difficile difficult perche because, for
facile easy quando when
grande large, big, great se if
intelligente intelligent si yes
A. (1) Continue the following throughout the singular and
plural: 1. Non preferisco io nulla? Non preferisci tu nulla?
etc. 2. Io non apro nessuna finestra, etc. 3. Io non
pulisco mai la lavagna, etc, 4. Seguo la regola io? etc.
5. Non prendo io niente ? etc* 6. Io non ascolto n£ Alberto
n£ Arturo, etc.
(2) Translate into Italian: 1. I don't open any door.
2. They have neither books nor exercise books* 3. She
never understands. 4. We don't prefer anything. 5. He
has no brothers. 6. She hasn't any uncle. 7. These
lessons are never difficult. 8. Why does she never close the
windows? 9. Mary has neither father nor mother. 10. No-
body leams. 11. They don't look at anything. 12. You
(TOI) speak neither Italian nor German.
(3) Mdte ihe nouns in the following sentences singular or
plimrf: 1. Non abbiamo matite. 2. Non leggo nessun libro.
3* Non imparo nessuna poesia. 4. Non recitiamo verbi.
5. Voi non usate pezzi di gesso. 6. Non compriamo qua-
derni. 7. Non ascolto nessun raceonto. 8. Essinonusano
nessuna penna.
(4) Count from 1 to 12. Count from 12 to 1.